Cunningham, who is nine months pregnant, said she had begun having contractions while shopping at the mall and as they got into their vehicle to leave, a group of people surrounded their vehicle and started banging on the window.

“They literally just stood in front of the car — started banging on the car, kicking the car, telling him to get out of the vehicle,” Cunningham told CBS affiliate WTVR.

Pace said he got out of the car to protect Cunningham when a group of what looked like teenagers began to attack him.

“Every time I got up they pushed me — knocked me back down,” Pace said.

Cunningham said when she tried to get an attacker off her boyfriend, a woman who appeared to be related to one of the attackers ran over and began hitting her.